5/10/14: Today’s Tips: Saturday

FESTIVAL: The Albany Tulip Festival @ Washington Park, Albany. It’s the 66th annual Tulip Fest, the harringer of the outdoor music season featuring MS MR, Rubblebucket, Sleeper Agent, the Chain Gang of 1974, Titanics, Accents, the Parlor and Rebel Darling. Music starts at 1pm. FREE. UPDATE: The Chain Gang of 1974 and MS MR have cancelled their appearances. Panama Wedding and Mike Doughty have been named replacements. GO HERE for complete updated schedule of bands…

DANCE: Paul Taylor Dance Company @ The Egg, Albany. Celebrating 60 years of choreography, Paul Taylor continues to win acclaim for the vibrancy, relevance and power of his creations performed by the Company that has set the global standard for contemporary dance excellence. 8pm. $38.

ROLLER DERBY: The Hellions of Troy @ Rollarama, Schenectady. The Herculadies (the Hellions’ B-team) play their first home bout of the season against the Hill City Rollers from Oneonta. 8pm. $12; $3 for kids under 12.

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MUSIC/FILM: “Cult Rock Film Soundtracks Live” @ Proctors, Schenectady. The Montreal duo Orgasmo Sonore dazzles the ears and eyes with a live mix of truly great movie music – by the likes of Ennio Morricone, Goblin and John Carpenter – and powerful visuals from the associated films. Followed by a screening of Dario Argento’s horror masterpiece, “Suspiria!” 7pm. $9; $6 students.

THEATER: “Flashdance: The Musical” @ Proctors, Schenectady. It’s the 30th anniversary of the film, and now it’s live on stage – the tale of Alex Owens, a Pittsburgh steel mill welder by day and a bar dancer by night with dreams of one day making it big. 2 & 8pm. $20, $40, $55, $65 & $75. Through Sunday.

FILM: “Finding Vivian Maier” @ Time + Space Limited, Hudson. An intriguing documentary about the discovery of the work of an unknown street photographer who secretly took more than 100,000 photographs that were hidden in storage lockers and discovered decades later. 7:45pm.

FILM: “The Throwaways” @ the Sanctuary for Independent Media, Troy. It’s the official Capital Region premiere of the long-awaited film by local filmmakers with Bhawin Suchak and Ira McKinley that tells the tale of homeless filmmaker, activist and co-director McKinley, who channels his experience of living on the streets through the lens of a video camera. 7pm. $10 suggested donation; $5 student/low income.

MUSIC: Rhett Tyler & Early Warning @ the Van Dyck, Schenectady. Direct from his opening act slot for B.B. King at the Palace Theatre, the ace guitarslinger tears it up at the considerably more intimate Van Dyck. 8pm. $14. GO HERE for more info…

MUSIC: Blacklight Lighthouse @ the Spotty Dog, Hudson. A collaboration between two artists who work in collage mode, building cinematic, improvisational layers of sound using loops, effects and samples, with a variety of analog digital and acoustic instrumentation. With Matt Weston and Parashi. 8pm.

THEATER: “Little Shop of Horrors” @ Cohoes Music Hall, Cohoes. Last night’s performance was cancelled due to illness, so tonight is opening night. 8pm. UPDATE: Today’s 3pm performance has been cancelled due to illness.